Recorded LIVE on Saturday, October 26th, 2013 during Comic Book City Con in Greensboro, NC! Our featured panel is a celebration of women in comic book culture! Angela and Aubrey Webber of the musical duo the Doubleclicks from Portland, OR will open the panel with a live performance of their hit song, “Nothing to Prove”, then join critically-acclaimed artists Hope Larson (A Wrinkle in Time) and Jackie Lewis (Play Ball) for a discussion on gender inclusion in the geek community. The panel will be ...
Dec 06, 2013•1 hr 24 min
Recorded LIVE on Saturday, October 26th, 2013 during Comic Book City Con in Greensboro, NC! Join Gregg Schigiel as he invites comic industry friends (old and new) to talk about how awesome superheroes are and play some superhero-centric games where YOU may have a chance to play along and win prizes! It’s like Hollywood Game Night meets Doug Loves Movies meets Comic Book City. Who will score the most points in games like “Alphabet Superheroes”, “Name that Story Arc”, and “Super Suit Celebrity”? A...
Nov 29, 2013•1 hr 3 min
Jermaine and Stephen pop in to catch you up on their favorite books of the week and let you know what they really thought of Thor the Dark World before turning it over to a pre-recorded session with Jermaine and Ryan Rubio in which they discuss how Wolverine is one of the few Big Two characters to truly transcend the old adage that what comic readers truly want is merely the illusion of change! Show Notes: Comics at the Table! - Harley Quinn #0 , Superior Spider-man Annual #1 and Fairest in all ...
Nov 22, 2013•1 hr 29 min
Jermaine, Stephen and Jody try and remember how to do this whole podcasting thing by getting a jump on Free Comic Book Day 2014, discussing new (and some not-so-new) characters hitting the shelves in February, flip-floping on Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., and picking up where they left off with Comics at the Table! Show Notes: " Guardians Of The Galaxy Headlines Marvel's Free Comic Book Day Offering " at Bleeding Cool.com. " Marvel & Icon Comic Book Releases for February 2014 " at Comics ...
Nov 15, 2013•1 hr 25 min
Recorded during Comic Book City Con 2013 at the Elm St. Center in Greensboro, NC! The Doubleclicks, a nerd-folk sister duo, write songs that are snarky, geeky and sweet and perform them on cello and ukulele. In this all-ages-friendly concert-panel, the band will sing about topics including love, Dungeons and Dragons, Mr. Darcy and Velociraptors and talk about being geek girl musicians. Set List: Will They or Won't They? Worst Superpower Ever The Mystery's Gone Oh, Mr. Darcy Apostrophe Spock Impe...
Nov 08, 2013•1 hr
Jermaine, Stephen & Jody sit down to have the final word on the festivities and trials surrounding Comic Book City Con 2013! Show Notes: " Knitting And Comic Books " at Knitting Daddy.com! " Just Cos " at Yes Weekly.com! X-Men Days of Future Past trailer #1! Captain America Winter Soldier trailer #1!...
Nov 01, 2013•1 hr 4 min
In their last episode before Comic Book City Con 2013, Jermaine, Stephen and Jody block the responsibilities of the world out and run through the All-New Marvel Now titles announced at New York Comic Con last week, contemplate the staying power of the House of Ideas, run the numbers with Super Graphic, and bring you a slew of first issues in Comics at the Table! Show Notes: " All-New Marvel NOW Explodes With Exciting New Series! " at Geek Exchange.com. " Super Graphic: A Visual Guide to the Comi...
Oct 18, 2013•1 hr 23 min
Jermaine and Jody provide emotional support as Stephen has a fandom crisis of faith with the Big Two, then the whole gang regroups to discuss the early news out of New York Comic Con and generally agree about everything during Comics at the Table for the first time ever! Show Notes: " Snyder Explores Gotham in New Weekly 'Batman: Eternal' " at Comic Book Resources.com. " Frank Miller Returns To Detective Comics #27 " at Bleeding Cool.com. " A Bigger Hellboy For 2014 " at Bleeding Cool.com. " Mat...
Oct 11, 2013•1 hr 23 min
Jermaine, Stephen and Jody get you caught up on the latest pre-commissions and panel scheduling for Comic Book City Con, look back on the successes and failures of DC's Villains Month, tip-toe around the content of Sex Criminals, and ponder the future of the Marvel cinematic Universe on the big and small screen based on the Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. pilot! Show Notes: Erica Henderson - 9x12" black & white commission for $40 Thomas Boatwright - 10x15" illustration for $75, 9x12" Bristol board fo...
Sep 27, 2013•1 hr 40 min
Jermaine and Jody help you get to know Comic Book City Con guest and Subatomic Party Girls artist Erica Henderson before before the big show on October 26th & 27th! Show Notes: Visit Erica at Erica Henderson.net ! Erica Fails at Tumblr ! Erica Fails at Twitter ! Pick up Subatomic Party Girls on Comixology !...
Sep 20, 2013•19 min
Jermaine, Stephen and Jody return to the studio after a few weeks off to explore why J.H. Williams III and W. Haden Blackman walked off of Batwoman after more than two years, welcome Mark Waid as the newest member of the comics retail community, question why an All-New Marvel NOW! is necessary, give a halftime report on DC's Villains Month and talk to writer of this week's Mighty Avengers #1, Al Ewing, from his home in the U.K.! Show Notes: " J.H. Williams III & W.Haden Blacman Leave 'Batwom...
Sep 13, 2013•1 hr 32 min
Stephen middles with a solo Comics at the Table while Jermaine and guest analyst Ryan Rubio headline and get you up to speed on the Wolverine, reviewing his latest feature film and delving into his back catalogue!
Sep 06, 2013•1 hr 7 min
Jermaine, Stephen and Jody go up against Grant Morrison over interpretations of the Caped Crusader, blow the doors off Trinity War before the conclusion next week in Justice League #23, chat with Skyward creator Jeremy Dale on the runaway success of his new title, and give you their opinions on the first round of Infinity tie-ins! Show Notes: " Fatman on Batman #44 - More with Morrison " at Smodcast.com. " Uh, did Geoff Johns just spoil the end of DC's Trinity War? " at io9.com. " Geoff Johns Re...
Aug 23, 2013•1 hr 12 min
Jermaine, Stephen & Jody give themselves a much-needed pat on the back for a Wednesday-well-done, sift their way through a surprisingly busy week of comic news and pick apart Marvel's Infinity #1 from the nuts & bolts to the staples and coverstock! Show Notes: The Bald Man with Herobear & the Kid Inheritance #1 ! " Fraction Leaves 'FF' and 'Fantastic Four'; Karl Kesel Returns " at Comics Alliance.com. " 'Collider' Changes Titles To 'FBP: Federal Bureau of Physics' " at Comics Allianc...
Aug 16, 2013•57 min
Stephen and Jody interrogate Jermaine about his arial adventure to Boston Comic Con! Then the guys do their best to put the 3-D cover allocations for DC Villains Month and the career of J. Michael Straczynski into perspective before serving up a heaping helping of Comics at the Table, now with 200% of your weekly dosage of second issues! Show Notes: " DC's Villains Month 3D covers to be allocated; retailers to be aggravated " at Comics Beat.com. CORRECTION! Kieron Gillen's Thor fill-in story was...
Aug 09, 2013•1 hr 40 min
For those of you that couldn't make it out to Geeksboro, we bring you the bulk of our first ever Acme Previews Night discussion! The event was a HUGE success, with some customers adding as many at 10 new titles to their subscription lists and some new books increasing their pre-order numbers by as much as 30%! If you're local, try to come by the first Thursday of next month and if you're listening from afar, either try a Previews Night at your own store or encourage your shop to do a get-togethe...
Aug 02, 2013•1 hr
Jermaine and Jody catch up with Stephen on all of the goings-on at 2013's San Diego Comic Con International before diving into the last full week of new comics in July! Show Notes: Acmecast #86 - Live from SDCC 2012 !!! Acmecast #37 - SDCC Debriefing Stephen in his soiled Lying Cat t-shirt ! Charticon Transformers Convention - taking place August 9th - 11th at Crowne Plaza in Charlotte, NC! " 'Building Stories,' 'Saga' Dominate 2013 Eisner Awards " at Comics Alliance.com. " Nemo Returns to Slumb...
Jul 26, 2013•1 hr 21 min
Stephen is joined by a true American legend, Stuff of Legend & Intrepid EscapeGoat creator Brian "Smitty" Smith, to compare and contrast the true American artform with the true American Pastime, in timely fashion with the Major League Baseball All-Star Game. Then Jermaine and Jody join the show to bring you vast improvements in DC, new releases by Image, turning points at Marvel and scrappiness from Valiant! Show Notes: EDITOR'S NOTE - Smitty is neither in an Amazonian jungle nor pushing a c...
Jul 12, 2013•1 hr 29 min
Better late than never again! Jermaine, Stephen and Riley are back with a vengeance to answer the Indoor Kids' call, go over all of the new books announced at the ImageExpo, provide advance reviews of Batman '66 and Collider, and lead us all in a lively session of Comics at the Table! Show Notes: Elm St. Center photos on Jermaine's Instagram ! Get an idea of what the framework of Comic Book City Con will look like! The Indoor Kids podcast on Nerdist.com, specializing in video games! The movie Jo...
Jul 06, 2013•1 hr 10 min
Stephen & Jody are joined by special correspondants Joe & Cody to take a hammer to the Man of Steel, breaking the years-long stigma that here at Acmecast, everything is great all the time! Show Notes: " Man of Steel, since you asked. " by Mark Waid at Thrillbent.com. Acme's Top 5 Superman Stories - 1. All Star Superman 2. Whatever Happened to the Man of Tomorrow 3. Superman For All Seasons 4. Superman Birthright 5. Superman & the Legion of Super Heroes Comics at the Table! - Heck OGN...
Jun 21, 2013•1 hr 22 min
Jermaine, John and Jay come in to give you the proper scope and context for the events thus far in the Age of Ultron crossover so that you're good and psyched when New York Times best-selling novelist Neil Gaiman and Marvel Chief Creative Officer Joe Quesada come on board next week to help Brian Michael Bendis, Carlos Pacheco and Brandon Peterson bring things to a close!
Jun 14, 2013•50 min
Jermaine, Stephen and Jody will make you salivate over this year's San Diego Comic Con International exclusives, will make you buy Herobear & the Kid, Astro City and Daredevil Dark Nights and WILL make you tune in next time! Show Notes: " HeroesCon 2013 Francesco Francavilla Mondo Limited Edition Screen Print " at Heroes Online.com. " Hasbro Unveils 'Thunderbolts', 'G.I. Joe Vs. Transformers', And More SDCC 2013 Exclusives " at Comics Alliance.com. " Venture Bros. Death's Head Monarch & ...
Jun 07, 2013•57 min
Jermaine, Stephen & Riley chat with JL8 creator Yale Stewart about structuring a bi-weekly strip and the triumphs & perils of gaining a lot of attention in the comic industry while still relatively early on in your career, dole out a couple more trade show tips & tricks before next week's HeroesCon 2013, and gush over a pile of first issues from across the board! Show Notes: JL8 Comic.com - the online home of JL8 (nay Little League)! Like JL8 on Facebook ! Follow @YaleStewart on Twit...
May 31, 2013•1 hr 23 min
Jermaine, Stephen and Jody catch up on a large pile of Comics at the Table, including the initial offering from the newest publisher, Black Mask, and then they get you psyched for the Absolute Top Ten, out on 5.29! Show Notes: " World's first smartphone for blind developed in India " at New Europe.com. Comics at the Table! - 12 Reasons to Die #1, Occupy Comics #1, A+X #8 , Dark Horse Presents #24, the Bounce #1 , Half Past Danger #1 , Akaneiro #1, Lobster Johnson Satan Smells a Rat, Green Team #...
May 27, 2013•1 hr 10 min
Jermaine and Stephen are joined by Geeksboro Coffeehouse Cinema's Joe Scott and Spartivity's Joe Schram to give a broad view of the road that's brought us to today's conversation about the final frontier before they blow the doors off Star Trek Into Darkness with a SPOILER FILLED discussion! Show Notes: Editor's Note - I'm pretty sure this is my favorite episode of Acmecast to date, and after almost (or maybe over) 200 hours of show, that's sayin' somethin' for me! Joe's extensive notes includin...
May 20, 2013•1 hr 26 min
Jermaine, Stephen and Jody go cover to cover on the FREE DC Entertainment Essential Graphic Novels & Chronology for 2013, looking at what made the list, what didn't and the whys and wherefores of it all, then it's back to a heeping helping of Comics at the Table including two original graphic novels, two books about dreams and MORE! Show Notes: Comics at the Tables! - Adventure Time Playing with Fire OGN, Dream Thief #1, Dream Merchant #1 , Nova #4 , Avengers Enemy Within #1 , Regular Show #...
May 17, 2013•1 hr 8 min
Jermaine, Stephen and Griffin analyze the subjectivity of humor in a medium that started with reprints from the "funny pages", discuss the fate of comic book movies as time passes whether the bubble eventually bursts or not, and close the book on the fesitivities of Free Comic Book Day 2013! Purchase your tickets for Comic Book Day Con 2013 ...NOW! For the record, American Splendor and Ghost World ARE available from Netflix via DVD, but not Instant Streaming. Portrait of Riley , by Jermaine and ...
May 13, 2013•1 hr 23 min
To celebrate the show's hundredth and a half anniversary and the success of Free Comic Book Day 2013, Stephen and Griffin sit down with a star-studded cast of creators including the Mighty Skullboy Army's Jacob Chabot, Hawkeye's Annie Wu, Primates' Maris Wicks, Skyward's Jeremy Dale, FCBD's Kelly Dale, Flesh of White's Amanda Rachels, FF's Joe Quinones and the powerhouse team of SpongeBob's Gregg Schigiel, G-Man's Chris Giarrusso and the Intrepid Escapegoat's Brian Smith, all for the usual Acmec...
May 06, 2013•1 hr 7 min
Jermaine, Stephen and Jody take a breather from the Free Comic Book Day prep to give you an late-breaking, spoiler-free review of Iron Man 3, give you the 411 on all the latest Shellhead releases, and mourn the loss of the most fun comic journalism site around, Comics Alliance! Show Notes: " The First In Line For Free Comic Book Day " at Bleeding Cool.com. " Burlington man camps out for free comics " at Greensboro News & Record.com. CLOSED!!! - Free Comic Book Day Cool-Down! at Acme Comics.c...
May 03, 2013•1 hr 7 min
Now What?! Stephen's panel from C2E2 in Chicago! Whether you want to open a comic book store, you're just starting out in retail or you just have questions, we're here to help! Meet with members of ComicsPRO, a retail trade organization for comic book retailers, to talk about your upcoming plans. Featuring Thomas Gaul, Portlyn and Eric Kirsammer! Show Notes: Thomas's stores, Beach Ball Comics & Corner Store Comics ! Portlyn's store, Brave New World Comics ! Eric's stores, Chicago Comics &...
Apr 29, 2013•56 min
